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Dining From Trash to Table in Brooklyn

Salvage Supperclubs Meals Are Served Inside a Scrubbed-Down Dumpster

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Larissa Zimberoff

Aug. 22, 2014 9:11 p.m. ET

Bruised apples, floppy herbs and moldy grapes might not be considered acceptable ingredients for most home cooks. But a Manhattan man is hoping to change New Yorker's outlook on food freshness—one dinner party at a time.

Josh Treuhaft, a recent graduate of the design for social innovation master's program at the School of Visual Arts, has hosted seven Salvage Supperclubs, where he served past-prime food to diners inside a scrubbed down dumpster.